Re: dm-crypt vs Luks: What’s the difference on disk

[Michael <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So a Luks partition with a detached header would look the same as a  
plain dm-crypt partition, right?
Quoting Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Simple: plain dm-crypt is header-less.
> More info in the FAQ, Section 6, in particular Items
> 6.11 and 6.12.
>
> Arno
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 15:11:18 CEST, Michael wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering why a plain dm-crypt partition looks like random
> > data while with a Luks partition an attacker will know that the
> > partition is encrypted. What is exactly the difference on disk? Is
> > it the header that would tell someone thats an encrypted partition?
> > Would a Luks partition with a detached header change this situation?
> >
> > Thanks.
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> > Regards,
> > Michael
>
> > pub  2048R/CF8EDAA3 2014-06-04 Michael G <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > sub  2048R/28ADE1E3 2014-06-04
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Michael

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